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Il futuro della nostra montagna
2014
Resilienza delle foreste Mediterranee ai cambiamenti climatici - Guida al progetto [Resilience of Mediterranean forests to climate change – Project g…
2017
The overall objective of the project LIFE11+ ENV/IT/000215 RESILFORMED – Resilience of Mediterranean forests to climate change is to preserve the forest systems from the risks due to climate change, through naturalization processes, increased biodiversity and improved responsiveness, in the recovery process, coming from destabilizing events. The specific objective is to implement a regional forest policy able to increase resilience capacity of Sicilian forests, improving their ecosystem capacity and fostering the biodiversity preservation. The project has proposed to pursue five concrete results: 1) drafting guidelines for effective Mediterranean forest management with respect to climate ch…
Attacks of Rhynchophorus ferrugineus on natural specimens of dwarf fan palm Chamaerops humilis in Sicily.
2012
The red palm weevil Rhynchophorus ferrugineus was recently introduced into Europe where it has destroyed many Phoenix canariensis palms. This weevil attacks different species of palms in different countries, mainly cultivated date palms (Phoenix dactylifera) in Egypt and cultivated Canary palms (Phoenix canariensis) in Europe. In Europe, sporadic attacks of the weevil to native dwarf fan palm (Chamaerops humilis) have been reported. The current paper reports attacks of R. ferrugineus on dwarf fan palms in natural environments of Sicily. This insect represents an important threat to dwarf palms and to the complex ecosystem where they live.
The agricultural heritage of Lampedusa (Pelagie Archipelago, South Italy) and its key role for cultivar and wildlife conservation
2011
As occurred on many other little Mediterranean islands, agricultural activity at Lampedusa (Strait of Sicily) underwent a very strong decline in terms of surface area during the second half of the last century. In particular, cereal crops have ceased and horticulture is disappearing, while vineyards still occupy a reduced area but are quickly vanishing and currently survive thanks to a small number of old farmers. Here are presented the results of a research carried out by interviewing seven farmers in order to study not only the techniques and the germplasm used in local viticulture, but also the final use of grapes and an evaluation on the connection between traditional farming and agro-e…
Le isole Eolie.
2013
Sgubbio Cytisus aeolicus Guss.
2013
Il ruolo degli uccelli come vettori di dispersione durante le successioni secondarie
2013
I cumuli di pietre denominati “Chirchiari” in Sicilia, tra ecologia e storia.
2010
Un sistema agroecologico vive anche grazie agli uccelli
2017
Anche se si potrebbe pensare che l’attenzione verso il loro ruolo positivo che gli uccelli svolgono negli agroecosistemi sia un fenomeno recente in realtà già a partire dalla esposizione universale di Vienna del 1873 si pose l’attenzione al vasto pubblico su questo tema. Naturalmente qualsiasi elemento che aumenti la loro densità come le cassette nido, che consentono la nidificazione di specie che necessitano di cavità, sono utili. Tuttavia non può essere trascurato il ruolo che gli agrochemicals ma anche la meccanizzazione giocano nel ridurre le popolazioni di uccelli negli agroecosistemi, una riduzione degli input contribuisce certamente ad esaltare il ruolo degli agroecosistemi nel bilan…